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General MacArthur, General Hubert R. Harmon, Nathan Twining and Fleet Admiral William Halsey plan an attack on Munda.

The U.S. Army plans an attack at Munda Point on New Georgia group of Islands, Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. Marines and infantry massed up on Guadalcanal beach prepare for the invasion of Munda Point. Gasoline barrels rolled on the beach. Crated and canned foods in cargo nets hoisted aboard ships. Equipment is loaded onto ships. U.S. combat aircraft assemble for an aerial offensive. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur gets out of car and talks with another U.S. officer. General MacArthur, U.S. 13th Air Force Lieutenant General Hubert R. Harmon, U.S. Army Air Force General Nathan Twining and U.S. Fleet Admiral William Halsey coordinate the attack on Munda Point. U.S. Army Air Force P-40 Warhawk fighter aircraft taxi and take off from an airfield. U.S. planes including P-40 Warhawk, P-39 Airacobra, U.S. Navy F4F Wildcat, TBF Avenger, B-25 Mitchell, and B-24 Liberator aircraft in flight head to destroy Japanese enemy positions on Munda. Japanese aircraft take off and in flight.

Location: Guadalcanal Solomon Islands
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060493
U.S. amphibious forces underway in the Pacific Ocean from Guadalcanal to invade New Georgia during World War II.

Amphibious forces of United States Army leave Guadalcanal harbor to attack enemy positions on the Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. troops and equipment are loaded aboard LCIs (Landing Craft Infantry). Marines and infantry board the LCIs. Landing crafts loaded with troops head for an LST (Landing Ship Tank) anchored at Guadalcanal harbor. Amphibious forces underway in the Pacific Ocean head for New Georgia on the Solomon Islands. Soldiers look through binoculars. U.S. Army Air Force fighter aircraft in the sky. .

Location: Guadalcanal Solomon Islands
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060495
Canadian and American generals preparing for transport during World War II.

American Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. speaks to other generals while Canadian troops in the background board a transport ship sailing from Adak island to Kiska island during World War 2. Canadian Major General George Pearkes greets Canadian troops with a big smile while they board the ships. More generals gather around a Canadian soldier while he demonstrates how to use a mine detector. Among these generals are once again Lieutenant General SB Buckner and Major General George Pearkes, as well as American Lieutenant General John Lesesne DeWitt and Canadian Brigadier General Sherwood Lett.

Location: Adak Aleutian islands
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080863
A ship sails in the Hawaiian Islands. Coconut and fruit trees on island.

View of wash (loose broken water) and wake (disturbed water and waves) of a vessel as it moves along in water. Aerial view of a town in Hawaii. Bunch of coconuts on tree. View of leaves with fruit hanging on small branches. A large country house.

Location: Hawaii USA
Date: 1937
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022651
Men aboard the USS Nautilus (SS-168) bombard Butaritari Island’s Lagoon (of Makin Atoll) on August 17th, 1942, during the Makin Island Raid.

USS Nautilus underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Conning tower of the submarine. Men rushing to battle stations. They ready guns for firing. In the distance, smoke rises from two Japanese ships that the Nautilus hit in Butaritari’s lagoon. The bombardment was called in by men of the 2nd Raider Battalion during the 2nd Raiders’ famed Makin Raid of August 17-18, 1942.

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1942, August 17
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076180
Wounded U.S. soldiers being transferred to USS Harris (APA-2) off Attu in the Aleutians, during World War II

Sailors aboard the troop transport ship, USS Harris (APA-2), receive wounded American soldiers evacuated during the battle of Attu Island in the Aleutians, during World War 2. The wounded, strapped on a platform, are raised from a Higgins boat, by rope slings, and placed on the ship's deck. A sailor carries one wounded soldier on his back. Another helps him onto a litter. Scene shifts to Attu Island, where an American soldier mans a 40 mm Bofors anti aircraft gun at a high point overlooking a harbor. A quonset hut and radio station, with tall antenna, are in background. What appears to be a steel pier extends into the bay below. Snow covers mountains in far background.

Location: Aleutian Islands Alaska USA
Date: 1943, May
Duration: 2 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058417
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